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====Motor (beat)====
Motor or beat gestures usually consist of short, repetitive, rhythmic movements that are closely tied with [[Prosody (linguistics)|prosody]] in verbal speech. Unlike symbolic and deictic gestures, beat gestures cannot occur independently of verbal speech and convey
These gestures are closely coordinated with speech. The so-called beat gestures are used in conjunction with speech and keep time with the rhythm of speech to emphasize certain words or phrases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpi.nl/departments/neurobiology-of-language/news/the-role-of-beat-gesture-and-pitch-accent-in-semantic-processing|title=The role of beat gesture and pitch accent in semantic processing — Neurobiology of Language — Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics}}</ref> These types of gestures are integrally connected to [[Speech communication|speech]] and thought processes.<ref name="McNeill" />
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